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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68367</law_id><section_number>15.2-1411</section_number><catch_line>Appointment of advisory boards, committees and commissions; compensation and reimbursement of expenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="14">Governing Bodies of Localities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may appoint such advisory boards, committees, and commissions as it deems necessary to advise the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> with regard to any matter of concern to the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. Members shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span>.
		The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> may provide for (i) reimbursement of the actual expenses incurred by members while serving on such advisory boards, committees, and commissions and (ii) compensation to members for their services for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings, and for training in an amount determined appropriate by the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> from available funds.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 254, &#xA7; 15.1-33.2; 1993, c. 894; 1994, c. 165; 1997, c. 587; 2002, c. 27; 2005, cc. 740, 879.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
